Damian’s notes

For the convenience of Wordle players, I’d like to propose a new autological word ‘aeiou’ (pronounced like ‘I, you’), meaning a five-letter word consisting only of vowels. For Wordle players who prefer inconvenience, I will mention that ‘crwth’ is a five-letter word with *no* vowels, meaning an old type of Welsh lyre. Finally, WordPlay is an alternative to Wordle for people put off by the NY Times’ editorial policies with respect to trans people.

Are you like me, still confused by what Passkeys are and how they are to be used but nevertheless eager for a future without memorizing randomized passwords all the time? Perhaps this article will help. Passkeys: What the Heck and Why? (Neal Fennimore on CSS Tricks)

The Eval Game: Can you write a Python expression that satisfies all of an increasingly bizarre set of rules depending on increasingly esoteric Python language features?

YES, NO, DON’T KNOW is a ouija board by Paul Elliman modelled on a lettering stencil inspired by artist and educator Josef Albers.

The Seasonal Trimmings round-up episode of BBC’s The Unbelievable Truth radio programme includes Richard Osman and Holly Walsh teasing David Mitchell about nuts. (Recording available for around five weeks from now.)

inspire.js is a nifty HTML + CSS + JavaScript framework for making slide decks for presentations

One of the movies coming out this summer made the use of the colour pink a cornerstone of its visual design. Here’s an article in the Hollywood Reporter about how Nimona uses colour to subvert stereotypes and embrace self-expression.

Superscript is an energetic, compressed, high-contrast script type family designed by Neil Summerour for Positype.

An five-storey office building built with timber instead of steel. This makes it less carbon-intensive than steel frame, and the timbers are designed to be unpegged and reused when the building is no longer needed.